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Show Misbranding Imported Goods. My attention has been called to tbe Injustice w hich Is done In tbls country by tbe ssle of article In tbe trade purporting to- be made In Ireland, when they ate not so made, and it is suggested tbat tbe Justice of tbe enactment enact-ment of a law which, so far as the Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction of the fedetsl government can go, would pievenl u continuance of" tbls misrepierentatlon to tbe public pub-lic and fraud upon those who are entitled en-titled to ue tbe Matement In ihe sale of their gixinV I think It to be great ly Ii. the Interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law. for tongrens to enact a law making It a mlademesnor, punishable by fine or Imprisonment, to use the malls or to put Into Interstate commerce any articles ar-ticles of merchandise which bear upon their face statement tbat tbey have been msnufantured In some paitlcular country when tbe fact Is otherwise. |